Mike Vizard talks with Alexander Shcherbakov of DSR Corporation about why AI agents need stronger identity, trust and credentialing models as agent-to-agent communication becomes more common. Shcherbakov explains how decentralized identity, verifiable credentials, OpenID Connect and selective disclosure can help organizations manage delegation, privacy, auditability and cross-organization trust. The conversation also explores agent registries, chains of trust, Linux Foundation decentralized trust projects and why AI agents will need identities that are both cryptographically verifiable and operationally practical.
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Hardened Containers Address AI-Era Vu...
Mike Vizard talks with Alex Zenla of Edera about the company’s alliance with Minimus and why hardened containers need to be paired with hardened runtime environments. Zenla explains that AI-assisted vulnerability discovery is increasing pressure on organizations to patch known issues faster while...
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AI Makes Open Source More Essential |...
Mike Vizard talks with Stephen Chin of Neo4j about why AI is more likely to strengthen open source software than replace it. Chin explains that open source projects provide the shared foundations, security review and community requirements gathering that AI-generated code alone cannot easily repl...
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AI Agents Ease Open Source Maintainer...
Mike Vizard talks with Madelyn Olson of AWS and the Valkey project about how AI agents can help open source maintainers handle growing contribution volumes. Olson explains that maintainers are using AI to backport fixes, triage pull requests, support older releases and manage repetitive work so t...
